26th Annual U.S. Symposium

November 17-19, 2014
Irvine, California

Sessions:

Video Available

Black Holes

Organizer: Marla Geha, Yale University

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
An Astrophysical Laboratory in the Milky Way’s Galactic Nucleus
Daryl Haggard, Amherst College

SPEAKERS:
Imaging a Black Hole
Jason Dexter, University of California, Berkeley

Waiting for Fireworks at the Center of our Galaxy
Tuan Do, University of Toronto

Brain Connectome

Organizer: Genevieve Konopka, UT Southwestern Medical Center and Magdalena Bezanilla, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Using Connectomes to Dissect Brain and Behavior in C. Elegans and Drosophila
Aravi Samuel, Harvard University

SPEAKERS:
A Dynamic Atlas of Neurodevelopment for Understanding How the Living Connectome is Built
Hari Shroff, National Institutes of Health

Brain Circuits, Cell Types and Connectomes
Hongkui Zheng, Allen Brain Institute

Collective Intelligence

Organizer: Desney Tan, Microsoft Research

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Thinking Big with Collective Intelligence
Michael Bernstein, Stanford University

SPEAKERS:
An experimental study of collective self-organization in crisis mapping
Duncan Watts, Microsoft Research

Collaborative Cognition
Niki Kittur, Carnegie Melon University

Paleogenomics

Organizer: Daniel Kronauer, Rockefeller University and Genevieve Konopka, UT Southewestern Medical Center

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Paleogenomics
Ed Green, University of California, Santa Cruz

SPEAKERS:
Paleogenomics
Beth Shapiro, University of California, Santa Cruz

Ancient human microbiomes: the evolution and ecology of our microbial self
Christina Warinner, University of Oklahoma

Primordial Gravity Waves

Organizer: Marla Geha, Yale University and Marko Loncar, Harvard University

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Primordial Gravity Waves
Cora Dvorkin, Harvard University

SPEAKERS:
Searching for fingerprints of the Big Bang with BICEP2
Walter Ogburn, Stanford University

Fundamental Physics from Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background on a Range of Angular Scales
Tom Crawford, University of Chicago

Regeneration

Organizer: Magdalena Bezanilla, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
A Primer on Regneration
Labib Rouhana, Wright State University

SPEAKERS:
Regeneration in a Single Cell
Wallace Marshall, University of California, San Francisco

Lessons from the Lamprey on Spinal Cord Regeneration
Jennifer Morgan, Marine Biological Laboratory

Self-Healing Polymers

Organizers: Janis Louie, University of Utah and Desney Tan, Microsoft Research

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Self-Healing Polymers
Aaron Esser-Kahn, University of California, Irvine

SPEAKERS:
Intrinsically Healable Polymers
Stuart Rowan, Case Western University

Self-Healing Conductive Materials and Their Use In Lithium Ion Battery to Enable More Stable Battery Electrodes
Zhenan Bao, Stanford University

Self-Healing Polymers - part 2
Aaron Esser-Kahn, University of California, Irvine

Slow Slip Earthquakes

Organizer: Kelly Benoit-Bird, Oregon State University and Magdalena Bezanilla, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Slow Slip Earthquakes
David Shelly, U.S. Geological Survey

SPEAKERS:
Geodesy’s Pivotal Role in Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Slow Slip Events: an Example from New Zealand
Laura Wallace, University of Texas at Austin

Remote Triggering of Slow Slip Earthquakes
Zhigang Peng, Georgia Institute of Technology

Visualization

Organizers: Kelly Benoit-Bird, Oregon State University and Desney Tan, Microsoft Research

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Visualization
Jeffrey Heer, University of Washington

SPEAKERS:
Words Are Obsolete: Explaining and Understanding through Dynamic Models
Bret Victor, WorryDream

Seeing Patterns in Data
Bang Wong, Broad Institute

The Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium is sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences. Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation, with additional funding from the National Academy of Sciences.

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